No. 19-7633
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment intent-element jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption-of-intent reasonable-doubt
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2020-03-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the jury instruction that 'the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts' violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement that the State prove every element of a criminal offense beyond a reasonable doubt
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. In an action in which the sole claim is whether,in a case in which intent is an element of the crime convicted of,the jury instruction, "the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of . his voluntary acts," violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement that the State prove every element of a criminal offense beyond a reasonable doubt? Answer of the court below: No,the appeal is without arguable merit.
Docket Entries
2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2020-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2020)